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Chitin : fulfilling a biomaterials promise /
The second edition of Chitin underscores the important factors for standardizing chitin processing and characterization. It captures the essential interplay between chitin's assets and limitations as a biomaterial, placing the past promises of chitin in perspective, addressing its present reali...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waltham, MA :
Elsevier,
2014.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Chitin: Fulfilling a Biomaterials Promise; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Background; Preface to the Second Edition; Format; Comments on literature survey and references; Preface to the First Edition; 1 Overview of Chitin and Chitosan Research; 1.1 The Golden Era; 1.2 Generational transition; 1.3 Key outcomes of chitin and chitosan research to date; 1.3.1 Production of raw materials; 1.3.2 Characterization and structural studies; 1.3.3 Chemistry; 1.3.4 Nonbiomedical applications; 1.3.4.1 Industrial; 1.3.4.2 Waste treatment/heavy metal recovery.
- 1.3.4.3 Crops and food preservation1.4 Trends; 1.4.1 Toward ready-to-use; 1.4.2 Toward quantitative determinations; 1.4.3 Toward versatility in properties; 1.4.4 Toward commercial applications; Summary; References; 2 Chitosan Biomedical Commercialization; 2.1 Preliminary comments; 2.2 Survey of commercial chitin/chitosan enterprises: demise, disputes, perennials, and new players; 2.2.1 BioSyntech; 2.2.2 Hemcon; 2.2.3 MPT; 2.2.4 Medovent; 2.2.5 Novamatrix-FMC Biopolymer; 2.2.6 Heppe medical chitosan GmbH; 2.2.7 Kitozyme; 2.2.8 Chinese producers.
- 2.2.8.1 Qingdao Hong Hai Bio-Tech Co., Ltd. and Qingdao BZ Oligo Biotech Co., Ltd. 2.2.8.2 Zhejiang Ao Xing Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; 2.2.9 Other chitin producers; 2.3 Trends; 2.3.1 Commercial outlook; 2.3.2 Research implications; Summary; References; 3 Traditional Chitin and Chitosan Biomaterials Research; 3.1 Preliminary comments; 3.2 Survey; 3.2.1 Wound dressings; 3.2.2 Bone substitutes; 3.2.3 Blood interactions; 3.2.4 Chitosan as the carrier/delivery system for pharmaceuticals and biological materials; 3.2.5 Antimicrobial agents; 3.3 Trends; References.
- 4 Chitin and Chitosan Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Research4.1 Preliminary comments; 4.2 Survey; 4.2.1 TE overview; 4.2.2 TE survey; 4.2.3 SC survey; 4.3 Trends; 4.3.1 Biomaterials/scaffolds technology going forward; 4.3.2 Technology, product development, and manufacturing; 4.3.3 TE and SC regulatory perspective; 4.3.4 What now for chitin?; References; 5 The Impact of Nanotechnology on Chitin and Chitosan Biomaterials Research; 5.1 Preliminary comments; 5.2 Survey; 5.2.1 Nanofibers; 5.2.2 Nanoparticles; 5.2.3 Nanocombinations; 5.2.4 Biomedical applications that utilize chitin; 5.3 Trends.